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I’ve been so busy with my dog boarding business and the holidays that it’s been hard to find time to post anything. That doesn’t mean that I haven’t been working though because…

I had a surprise commission fall into my lap just before Christmas. It didn’t actually fall; more accurately I stalked it and reeled it in.

One of my daughters works in an upscale restaurant in the Atlanta area, and the owner of that restaurant is opening an even more upscale place in February. As a holiday gift for their employer all the workers wanted to purchase artwork that they could have matted and framed for him to hang in the new place.

He is taken with The Rat Pack from the early 60’s, so they thought they should go with that idea. For those of you too young to remember them they were a group of actors and musicians, most prominently Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr. They tended to be heavy drinkers, smokers and carousers who performed in Las Vegas and hence were dubbed ‘The Rat Pack’ by actress Lauren Bacall (wife of Humphrey Bogart).

My daughter asked me to check out different sites to see what kind of artwork I could find, and when I saw nothing that impressed me much, I thought, ‘Hey I think I can do something more provocative and with an edge (which is always a good thing for me!).’ My Rat Pack then has three actual rats…hungry, thirsty and ferocious…running along the skyline of Las Vegas (maybe heading for that very dry martini!).

The team liked it and bought it, and now it’s out being framed.

Here it is (this frame is only a mock-up). Now if he only hangs it up!